washing line
/ˈwɒʃɪŋ ˌlaɪn/
"washing-line" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“washing line” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a clothesline
Corpus desk
Index EN-washing-line · washing line · English
washing line · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | washing line |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɒʃɪŋ ˌlaɪn/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “washing line” in English
Rare enough to double-check
washing line is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɒʃɪŋ ˌlaɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a clothesline".
No misspelling variants are generated for washing line in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is washing line, spelled W-A-S-H-I-N-G- -L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1a clothesline
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.